Kimberley Basnight (She/Her/Hers) Email & Phone Number

Durham, Nc, Us

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Reporting to the CEO, responsible for leading the Global Talent/HR organization which includes overall talent strategy, talent management, talent acquisition, and DEI outcomes for Extreme. Focused on optimizing people processes, systems through automation, and our culture to support and accelerate our growing company. Top of mind focus includes strategically partnering with Extreme's E-team leaders to support their people strategies to drive better outcomes, as well as promoting and fostering an inclusive culture where all employees bring their authentic, diverse voices, and their unique talents.Supporting Extreme's leaders in developing and delivering talent solutions that drive individual and team performance to achieve company goals in a manner reflective of our culture, mission and core values of teamwork, transparency, candor, ownership, curiosity, and inclusion.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

As Head of Talent/Diversity Officer responsible for providing the vision, leadership, management, and strategic planning to support Extreme's talent agenda and inclusion initiatives across the global organization. As a member of the Executive Leadership team, this position focuses its attention on: Leadership of internal teams to devise and implement strategic talent initiatives with a particular focus on talent acquisition, retention, and development and talent. The equity and inclusion focus is woven throughout every facet of the employee life cycle at Extreme. In this role, we are focused on strategic leadership supporting business objectives and outcomes, EVP (Employee Value Proposition), Talent Strategy, Talent Management, People Analytics, and DEI strategy.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

As Chief of Staff, served in critical and trusted leadership role as the strategic right-hand person to the CEO. Helped to drive strategic business planning, support and direct organization change throughout the organization, supported and help drive enterprise-wide CEO directed initiatives while building and maintaining key relationships across the organization. Helped to drive early facilitation of projects, support for strategic planning, proactively addressed pressing business issues, provided independent, informed, unbiased insight including on the ground feedback to CEO. Proactively escalated and resolved potential issues by calling them to the attention executive team.Worked with leadership to deliver, monitor and communicate progress CEO initiatives.Built connections across all leadership of the organization.Supported CEO in the preparation of board, executive committee, and presentations.Collaborated with the leadership team, technology governance, HR and finance to track, analyze and report performance per SLAs, KPIs, project goals, and change initiatives, as needed.Worked to improved overall business preparedness and governance (performance metrics), operational, organizational, and financials for Office of CEO.

Morrisville, Nc, Us

Lead and manage overall IT project management team and governance activities, coordinating and reporting organizational KPIs, and driving effective and transparent communications among cross functional stakeholders and the IT organization. Partnered with Executive Leaders to provide leadership, direction, and execution of all portfolio management activities to effectively manage IT and program investments. Collaborated with the program team to develop and communicate program updates to key stakeholders and E-team, co-lead cross-functional activities and communications involving team members to ensure deliverables related to the program are on track. Identified issues and developed appropriate risk mitigation plans.Updated key stakeholders and leadership on portfolio health, key achievements, risks/mitigation, scope deviations, Program Timelines, Resource, and Cost Management details. Ensured alignment with cross-functional leaders to allocate appropriate resources in support of program timelines and objectivesWorked with the program team to develop and maintain an integrated program development plan that accurately depicted timelines, resource plans, risk mitigation strategies, regulatory plans, and investment.

- Responsible for the management and delivery of several end to end customer facing projects, role includes management of the end to end project plan, resources, including all work products.- Responsible for creation and management of the integrated project plan, execution of the project plan, project status, meetings, scope changes, risk and issue tracking/mitigation, coordination across project teams, etc.- Managing work products from both internal and external to the project teams.- Managing scope, resources, timelines, costs/budget, quality,communication, and procurement to meet the goals of the State- Development and execution of training and education on standard project management requirements and methods, facilitating project governance and reporting, and creating models to improve business decisions- Efforts typically include extensive changes to existing functionality or the implementation of new applications and/or technology.

Marketing, Branding, Video Production, and Sales of marketing solutions for Small to medium sized companies. - Using web and video as the vehicle, we specialize in creating unique marketing solutions that differentiate you from your competitors and improve your bottom line.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Lead development and deployment of statewide for EBRS System (Birth Records System for State of NC)• Managed vendor source code acquisition/contract activities/negotiation of contract• Developed overall project management plan (PMP) /led project team, drove milestones to meet state• Liaison for Federal Project Office/reporting/audit support/exception management• Maintained overall program budget, reporting, and drove the end to end plan which included risk management and issue tracking• Directed weekly project activities and coordinated monthly code changes (AGILE) project

Morrisville, Nc, Us

•Implemented project office for large scale business transformation projects•Managed stakeholder relationships and direct report to Project Executive•Provided program reporting for project office (Status, Risk, Budget)• Managed scope and issue/change control board for project office• Implemented overall risk identification/ risk mitigation reporting•Lead development of overall deployment scope and project plans•Provided input and approval for training modules (CRM, CTI/IVR)

Morrisville, Nc, Us

•Managed development, review and approval of requirements and design for internal customer relationship management applications (Siebel, SAP)•Maintained detailed project plan, to include testing, education, communication and cutover activities•Managed all aspects of product test cycle, including test case development, execution and defect management•Managed all aspects of education development and distribution•Managed project communication development and distribution between team members, management, and application end users•Worked closely with IT teams to ensure project delivered on time and meets all specifications

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Using ASAP Methodology; developed overall project plan (scope)• Serve as lead for blueprint sessions with key stakeholders• Led Organizational Change Management & Business Transformation• Lead analysis of RICEF requirements & final blueprint document• Lead project team of project managers for CRM, ECC, BI/BW• Managed executive communication and project office reporting• Developed deployment strategy; managed cross country deployment• Provided oversight for development of training materials (CRM)• Oversight for Localization for US, China, EU

Intercultural/Multicultural And Diversity Studies

Bachelor Of Science - Computer Information Systems, Cis

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Masters Certificate - Project Management, Project Management

Computer Electronics